| Session Title: Peer Reviews for Independent Consultants: New Peer Reviewer Orientation |
| Skill-Building Workshop 681 to be held in Capitol Ballroom Section 2 on Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Independent Consulting TIG |
| Chair(s): |
| Sally Bond, The Program Evaluation Group LLC, usbond@mindspring.com |
| Presenter(s): |
| Marilyn Ray, Finger Lakes Law and Social Policy Center Inc, mlr17@cornell.edu |
| Abstract: At AEA 2003, the Independent Consulting TIG embarked on the professional development of members through a Peer Review process to provide collegial feedback on evaluation reports. The IC TIG appointed Co-Coordinators to develop and recommend guidelines, a framework, and a rubric for conducting Peer Reviews within the membership of the Independent Consulting TIG. At AEA 2004, the process, framework, and rubric the Co-Coordinators had developed were presented and revised during a think tank. Volunteer Peer Reviewers were recruited and oriented to the Peer Review process and rubric. This update and orientation process was repeated in 2005, 2006, and 2007. In 2008, we propose once again to present a skill-building workshop during which we will provide an update on the Peer Review project, offer a forum for volunteer reviewers to share their experiences, and orient new reviewers. |